The Unauthorized Randy “Duke” Cunningham Page

Randy “Duke” Cunningham Forum

I have a feeling that perhaps this whole thing is in it's infancy...as amazing as that sounds. It seems that Duke is going to learn the true meaning of wrath in the coming weeks and months:

"The House Intelligence Committee plans to investigate whether former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham, who pleaded guilty this week to bribery and tax evasion, abused his position on the panel to steer contracts to favored companies, the committee's chairman said Wednesday.

Rep. Peter Hoekstra (R-Mich.) said the committee would examine whether Cunningham had influenced spending on classified programs to benefit companies that offered him bribes, as well as whether he had used his access to classified information to give such companies an advantage.

"He's pleaded guilty to some very, very serious charges," Hoekstra said in a telephone interview. "At this point, he no longer gets the benefit of the doubt. We now need to look at worst-case scenarios."

I actually believe that the blatancy of Cunningham’s taking of bribes is unprecedented since the Teapot Dome scandal. That scandal, under another republican president W.G. Harding (Ain’t it a small world?), was as blatant and gross. They were also just taking money in baskets full also.